Cracks

All the trees flail their skeleton hands
Warning us to double back
We trudge through the boot prints
Strangers cut through this
And make it out in someone else’s tracks
Gentler weather held you together
But this rough stretch rends your seams
The sidewalks go jagged
And the highways fracture
It’s hard to stay and harder still to leave

Cold creeps in the cracks
The delicate can’t last

The ice is gonna try to break us
The ice is gonna try to break us up
Yeah, the ice is gonna try to break us
The ice is gonna try to break us up

Seven months ago, you were invincible
All your miseries took so little strength to conceal
But the winds found the weakness
At your collar and sleeves
In the promises you’re keeping
In your vow to not leave
So if you shatter to pieces
Fall into me
I could hold you all together till you heal

Cold creeps in the cracks
And widens them and weakens everything

The ice is gonna try to break us (Everything just falls apart here)
The ice is gonna try to break us (Everybody falls apart here)
The ice is gonna try to break us (But I was gonna try to heal you)
The ice is gonna try to break you (I was gonna try to heal you)

© Jordan Keller 2023